Loimia medusa
Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Faulwetter, Sarah
Simboura, Nomiki
Katsiaras, Nikolaos
Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
Arvanitidis, Christos
Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
5
20997
20997
Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Savigny in Lamarck
1818
Polychaeta
Terebellidae
Axionice
CoL
Animalia
Axionice medusa
Terebellida
0
20997
Annelida
species
medusa
Loimia medusa(Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
Ecological interactions Native status Non-native (established)
Notes Considered a species complex by several authors (e.g. Hutchings and Glasby 1995). Originally described from the Red Sea, considered established in the Mediterranean Sea ( Zenetos et al. 2017). The genus LoimiaMalmgren, 1866 is considered a synonym of AxioniceMalmgren, 1866 by Jirkov and Leontovich (2017), but see remarks under Axionice conchilega, which apply also to Loimia.